Pricing varies based on the amount of work needed and starts at $0.017 per word for the Full Mistress and $0.025 per word for the Once-Over. There is a minimum charge of $100 for short edits. This price includes a single round of editing. A single round to me means I receive the manuscript from the author, go over it twice to make sure my edits are thorough, and then I send it back to the author. I am always happy to answer questions or clarify my edits after the fact via email, but additional reading, critique, editing, brainstorming, or other feedback will be an extra charge. Contact me for a custom quote, a sample edit, or to book a spot. I am open to working out payment plans if the cost of editing is prohibitive for you. (Pricing subject to change at any time.)
The Once-Over Edit
Do you long to have the Mistress’s critical gaze snaking over your form from head to toe for a thorough assessment? (I’m talking about your book here, loves. *wink*) Let the Mistress give you a once-over. This is a developmental edit that will look at the big picture aspects of your manuscript–things like genre expectations, plot pacing, narrative strategy, romantic and/or sexual tension, and character development. This edit will not address any line-level issues like word usage, grammar, punctuation, typos, etc.
Full Mistress Edit
A full Mistress Edit is an in-depth line edit suitable for everything from sweet romance to scorching erotica (and I’ve even been known to do cozy mysteries). I’ll whip you–er, I mean your writing–into submission. My goal is to help you use language creatively to best tell the story you want to tell, in your own style and voice. If you don’t come away from a Mistress Edit with ideas and tools to improve your future projects, I haven’t done my job.
Some of the aspects I’ll address are
- Sexual tension
- Emotional development
- Word choice and repetition
- Plot and character development through sex scenes or leading up to/after any implied or closed-door scenes
- Grammar
- Word usage
- Continuity
- Sentence structure and flow
- Tenses
- Characterization
- Use of cliches or stereotypes
Sex Scene Doctor
If you’re looking for feedback on a specific sex scene or two rather than full editing for your entire manuscript, let me don my white coat and stethoscope and let’s play doctor. Rather, I’ll play doctor to your hand-picked scenes. You still get the full Mistress treatment, just in a bite-size portion.
Sex Scene Doctor services will be a flat rate based the length/number of scenes and start at $100. Contact me for a custom quote.
Proofreading
Just one last flick of the flogger…
Oh, sorry. I meant one final pass with the red pen! My proofreading services will scour your manuscript to correct typos, make sure every comma is correctly placed, point out inconsistencies in word usage or formatting (is it Matty’s Pub or Mattie’s Pub?), nix those dangling modifiers, and more. This should be done after editing has been completed. While I always have my eyes open for these types of errors during the editing stage, some will still slip through the cracks, and others may be introduced when an author is implementing my or another editor’s suggested changes. Ask about discount packages for editing and proofreading. (Please note that if I proofread your project after I’ve edited it for you, the proofreading is just that. It is not a second pass of editing.)
Proofreading starts at $0.009 per word ($450 for a 50,000 word manuscript, for example). Contact me for a custom quote based on a sample.
Ghostwriting
Do you have a manuscript in need of a good lashing but lack the time, the confidence, or simply the desire to execute the necessary changes yourself? Never fear, darling. Hand your Mistress the reins and I’ll rearrange, rewrite, and re-imagine your words as needed. You must have a completed rough draft at the minimum. This hybrid rewriting/ghostwriting-lite service is highly customizable to each individual author’s needs; as a result, pricing is unique to each project. Contact me for a quote.